Should You Accept Additional People Into Your Community After TSHTF?
Let’s say that TSHTF and we find ourselves deep into not just the brown stuff but an extended Level 2, possibly a Level 3 situation. Fortunately, you have the supplies… Read more »
Live Like a Prepper but You Don’t Have to Be a Prepper: A Tale of Two Cities
I live half of each week in Asheville, NC and the other half of the week in Charleston, WV, these cities are of similar size but the mindset of each… Read more »
10 Reasons You Need A Garden
10 Reasons You Need A Garden Gardening isn’t just a hobby for old people and eccentrics: it’s a skill we should all practice, no matter what our time constraints, land… Read more »
CDC Prepares for Perfect Storm: “The Next Plane Could Bring a Pandemic…”
CDC Prepares for Perfect Storm: “The Next Plane Could Bring a Pandemic…” It’s happening. The avian flu virus, which up until last year infected poultry exclusively, has now mutated… Read more »
A Simple, Low-Tech Trick For Keeping Your Greenhouse Warm (and Cool)
Since it’s been cold lately, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about frost protection and growing species appropriate to my area, as well as pushing non-appropriate species to grow…. Read more »
Fish in the Garden – Improving Soil Fertility
As a serious student of soil fertility and vitality and an all-things-organic gardener, I have had an ongoing love affair with everything ‘ocean’ in the garden. The cold-pressed fish, seaweed and ocean… Read more »
How Much Food Should You Store?
How Much Food Should You Store? This question is a bit like asking ‘How high is up?’. Clearly, the more food you store, the better you will be able… Read more »
The Three Levels of Preparing
It is easy to think of prepping as being one single set of actions, designed to prepare for any and all future challenges as/when/if they occur, and of the differences… Read more »